If you have ~ 7 active developers their activity is going to be a function of what they find. Just due to the small population their behavior is going to be erratic. It is interesting, but I am not that shocked.
Saxman's chart makes one wonder whether a new crag or a new gorge will have to be found to generate another periodic burst in route development. I don't think a Muir Valley equivalent will be happening again soon. What an amazing windfall to the climbing (bitching) community.
how many more climbs do we really need? I've only done ~1/16 of the routes in the red and I'm sure many other people have done about the same. there are lots of routes to get out there and explore.
Sand inhibits the production of toughtosterone, so get it out and send.
The number of routes currently listed, in my opinion, is only a small fraction of the possibilities for Kentucky. I would guess somewhere between 25%-45%. Take a close look at the topographic from Winchester to the VA border and from TN to just North of Morehead. It is unbelieve how how much rock is out there. An FS ranger once showed me a map of the Gorge with areas with climbing highlighted and geologicly data by color code. He then showed me another map of the Morehead area showing similar age rock. I would say the 2 areas greatly resembled each other. Long story short KY kicks ass for climbing.
